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Expedition White Shark is an iPhone and iPad app that allows tracking of Great White Sharks from a satellite array orbiting the earth. Scientists at the Marine Conservation Science Institute fitted Great White Sharks with custom-built satellite transmitters to enable this app. The iPhone and iPad app enables receipt of live tracking data for the […]
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Fletcher Cove near San Diego, California will be the fourth annual commemoration of the life and legacy of Dr. Dave Martin on Sunday, April 22nd at 12 noon. On the fourth anniversary of the shark attack that took his life, Dave’s Day celebrates what Dr. Martin loved very much: swimming and enjoying the ocean. Laurene
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Adventurers and heroes – both real and mythical – have always inspired and enthralled mankind through the millennium. Risk-takers, stewards of the Earth, protectors of the people or the environment, their legacies are passed on from generation to generation. From Hercules to Paul Bunyan, from George Washington to Jacques-Yves Cousteau, these larger-than-life figures have cut
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In this year of the London Olympics, the theme Citius, Altius, Fortius (Latin for Faster, Higher, Stronger) is the theme of the world’s elite athletes. In the open water swimming world, it seems the theme Longius, Durius, Frigius (Latin for Longer, Tougher, Colder) is the theme for the world’s most adventurous thrill-seeking swimmers. The elements
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Earlier in the week, the Daily News of Open Water Swimming posted a review of the use of electronic shark shields in various open water swimming venues and channels around the world (see here). Stacey Herbertson, Executive Officer and Event Manager at Rottnest Channel Swim Association in Perth, Australia,
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The Great Big Monster Sea Swim is an unprecedented swim from Guernsey to South Devon in England. The relay is an 81-mile (130 km) charity event for the Teenage Cancer Trust. Scheduled for August, the 5-man team includes Karl Whittaker, Paul Irwin, Dr. Bruce Hughes, Jon Parker, and John Jameson. “Our goal is a corporate
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Whether Great Britain is represented by Olympian Daniel Fogg or two-time Olympic medalist David Davies, the pace of the Olympic 10km Marathon Swim on August 10th will be blazing fast. Fogg, the 14:55 1500m pool swimmer, or Davies, the 14:45 1500m swimmer, will certainly add fuel to the fire and push the pace in the
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The 2011 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year was originally about Nejib Belhedi‘s solo swim across 1,400 km across the coast of his native Tunisia. But the pioneering Tunisian marathon swimmer always had a greater vision and plenty of energy to spare. He has motivated people of all ages, but especially the youth,
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“5-meter swells bashed the coast until Sunday night for the first time in April in living memory,” explained Theodore Yach about last Sunday’s postponed 5.3 km Atlantic Dash. “But we race this weekend.” The first swim race from Clifton Fourth Beach to Three Anchor Bay will be limited to 20 elite swimmers on April 21st.
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The Daily News of Open Water Swimming is guessing that the sport of triathlon will make some major announcements at this weekend’s 2012 USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championship in Tuscaloosa, Alabama where nearly 1,300 collegiate triathletes will vie for individual and team national titles in an Olympic-distance race (1500m swim + 40 km bike +
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